Al Oerter quote
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Sorry, I couldn’t find the quote thread.
“I don’t think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at each other.”–Al Oerter
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“The people in the village were real poor, so none of the children had any toys. But this one little boy had gotten an old enema bag and filled it with rocks, and he would go around and whap the other children across the face with it. Man, I think my heart almost broke. Later the boy came up and offered to give me the toy. This was too much! I reached out my hand, but then he ran away. I chased him down and took the enema bag. He cried a little, but that’s the way of these people.” Jack Handy
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@Jaybate 1.0 Could it be my KU buckets Christmas present is the return of Jaybate? Either way love the Al Oerter quote. To help educated my bBallbrothers, Al Oerter won FOUR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS in the discus.he doesn’t get much recognition IMHO.
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@JayhawkRock78 Yup, I’m back at it, though a step slow.
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@JayHawkRock78 Could it be my KU buckets Christmas present is the return of Jaybate? Either way love the Al Oerter quote. To help educated my bBallbrothers, Al Oerter won FOUR OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS in the discus.he doesn’t get much recognition IMHO.
In Olympic sports circles, Al Oerter is a legend. Unfortunately, Olympic sports are popular in our country every four years around the Olympic games.
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I vaguely recall a quote like that from Oerter. The more I ponder it, the fog is lifting.
I vaguely recall someone else’s retort to Oerter… “You may have to start throwing them at the crowd first, to get their attention.”
I can see Oerter’s image preserved forever in the Memorial Stadium museum… hopefully… someday.
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I can see Oerter’s image preserved forever in the Memorial Stadium museum… hopefully… someday.
@drgnslayr This would be great… but if not there, then do it at the new Rock Chalk Park track & field facilities that are being built.
